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Leaves of grass

Title
Leaves of grass / a gathering from Walt Whitman ; illustrated by John Steuart Curry.
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Publication
Mount Vernon, N.Y. : Peter Pauper Press, [1946]

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TextRestricted use Rare Books 22-30Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
  • Peter Pauper Press, publisher.
  • The Susan Jaffe Tane Collection of Walt Whitman.
Description
8 unnumbered pages, 9-173 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Leaves of grass. Selections
Alternative Title
Leaves of grass.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Poetry.
  • Private press books – New York (State) – Mount Vernon – 20th century.
Note
  • "The text of Whitman's poems, and even their titles, varied considerably from edition to edition. The present text generally follows the 'accepted' readings as published by David McKay in 1900, but in a few cases the text of the 1891-2 edition is followed. The present edition is a selection, not the complete Leaves of Grass."--Page [5].
  • "The text of this edition is set in the Janson types, and is printed on Victorian paper especially made for the Press."--Colophon.
  • Date of publication taken from Donnelly and Dobkin, #268.
  • "A font of type" poem, by Walt Whitman, in colophon.
  • Issued in slipcase.
  • Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane, 2021.
Indexed In (note)
  • Bennett, Paul A., ed., Recalling Peter (NY : Typophiles, 1964)
  • Donnelly, S. and Dobkin, J.B. The Peter Pauper Press of Peter and Edna Beilenson, 1928-1979
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed in ink, on upper end leaf, "5/11/52 To mother love, John"; booksellers ticket laid on upper pastedown, "Bull's Head Book Shop Chapel Hill, N.C."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in quarter green cloth with decorative paper boards and gilt stamped spine; issued in slipcase with pictorial label laid on.
Call Number
Rare Books 22-30
OCLC
7021388
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.
Title
Leaves of grass / a gathering from Walt Whitman ; illustrated by John Steuart Curry.
Publisher
Mount Vernon, N.Y. : Peter Pauper Press, [1946]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Bennett, Paul A., ed., Recalling Peter (NY : Typophiles, 1964), p. 57
Donnelly, S. and Dobkin, J.B. The Peter Pauper Press of Peter and Edna Beilenson, 1928-1979, 268.
Provenance
Inscribed in ink, on upper end leaf, "5/11/52 To mother love, John"; booksellers ticket laid on upper pastedown, "Bull's Head Book Shop Chapel Hill, N.C." NN
Binding
Bound in quarter green cloth with decorative paper boards and gilt stamped spine; issued in slipcase with pictorial label laid on. NN
Added Author
Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946, illustrator.
Peter Pauper Press, publisher.
The Susan Jaffe Tane Collection of Walt Whitman.
Research Call Number
Rare Books 22-30
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